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Blackhaw

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A tall shrub, the root bark of which contains arbutin, resin, scopoletin, tannin, triterpenoid saponins, valeric acid, and viburnin; it has been used for menstrual cramps, postpartum pain, and as a uterine tonic
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Smaller subcanopy trees are densely spaced along the slopes: Ostrya virginiana (eastern hophornbeam), Ulmus rubra (slippery elm), and Viburnum rufidulum (rusty blackhaw).
Ecology and Vegetation of LeFleur's Bluff State Park, Jackson, Mississippi
To make the handle, gather two long blackhaw or willow shoots that are about three to four feet long and less than half an inch in diameter.
Fast survival axes from sandstone
The second most common species was rusty blackhaw (Viburnum rufidulum), a hardwood understory species.
Vegetational changes due to prescribed fire in Mission Tejas State Park
53 flexicaule, 1995 Guadeloupe, Pithecellobium 11 16 guadalupense, 1992 (*) Guadeloupe, Pithecellobium 9 19 guadalupense, 1995 (*) BLACKHAW Viburnum prunifolium, 64 24 1986 (*) Viburnum prunifolium, 64 24 1991 (*) Rusty, Viburnum rufidulum, 47 30 1997 BLADDERNUT American, Staphylea 19 36 trifolia, 1966 Sierra, Staphylea balanderi, 14 28 1986 BLOLLY Longleaf, Guapira discolor, 64 34 1993 BLUEBLOSSOM Blue-myrtle, Ceanothus 32 41 thyrsiflorus, 1976 BLUEWOOD Condalia hookeri, 1989 77 30 BOXELDER Acer negundo, 1993 214 110 BUCCANEER - PALM Pseudophoenix sargentii, 1997 26 25 BUCIDA Bucida buceros, 1997 ([DELTA]) 139 50 BUCKEYE Bottlebrush, Aesculus 34 14 parviflora, 1993 California, Aesculus 166 47 californica, 2001 Ohio (typ.), Aesculus 151 148 glabra var.
The national register of Big Trees: 2002-2003 (A-Y)
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